THE SWAN PROJECT

Registered charity 1122634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

One-to-one low-cost, long-term counselling and psychotherapy to Bristol and the surrounding area; Non-12 step alcohol support groups; Relapse prevention programmes. Training and supervision of counsellors offering the Swan counselling service.

Objects

1 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PERSONS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO REDUCING THEIR ALCOHOL INTAKE AND CANNABIS USE OR WHO ARE ACHIEVING ABSTINENCE FROM SUCH AND IN DOING SO TO HELP ENHANCE THEIR SOCIAL AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS IN ORDER RO HELP THEM INTEGRATE BACK INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF VOLUNTEER AND QUALIFIED THERAPISTS AND OTHERS WHO WORK WITH SUCH PEOPLE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING; AND3 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PEOPLE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE BRISTOL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £18,574 due to a net deficit of £10,594 during the year. The charity reported total income of £122,474 against charitable expenditure of £133,068, resulting in a financial loss for the period. The trustees identified key person dependency as a significant risk but confirmed that systems are in place to mitigate major risks.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06236873

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BURN, Rachel Belinda — director, appointed 22/04/2026on trustee list
• READ, Andrew Christopher Levett — director, appointed 22/04/2026on trustee list
• MOSBERGER, Alexandra Elisabeth — director, appointed 22/12/2025on trustee list
• BRETT, Natasha Jane — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Mosberger
• Andrew Christopher Levett Read
• Natasha Brett
• Rachel Belinda Burn

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).